World-Leading Updated Track and Field List On May 30

Kendra Harrison and Ruth Chebet were among the highlighted athletes producing world-leading marks over the weekend.

American Harrison was in outstanding form in the women’s 100m hurdles, after clocking a personal best and the second fastest on the world all-time list of 12.24 seconds when winning commandingly at the 2016 Nike Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday, 28 May.

Harrison was improving her own previous world-leading time of 12.36.

Meanwhile, Ruth Chebet of Bahrain won the women’s 3000m steeplechase with the second fastest time ever in the event, at 8:59.97 when winning at the Prefontaine Classic.

She was bettering the 9:07.42 set by Hyvin Jepkemoi of Kenya, earlier this month.

Other women setting world-leading marks over the weekend were Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon, who ran 3:56.41 in the 1500m and USA’s Tori Bowie – 21.99 for the 200m in Oregon.

On the men’s side, Kenya’s Asbel Kiprop produced a time of 3:51.54 to set a new world-leading mark in the mile run at the Prefontaine Classic, with Great Britain’s Olympic champion Mo Farah clocking 26:53.71 for the 10,000m at the same meeting.